Exciting 1979!

Chapter 238: The First Anniversary of Rebirth

Downstairs of the Overseas Chinese Apartment Building, there was a bulging snakeskin bag tied to the back of Wei Ming's motorcycle, which happened to be seen by Wu Zuoren's wife, Ms. Xiao Shufang, who was going downstairs to buy groceries.

"Xiao Wei, what are you doing?"

"Aunt Xiao, my sister is about to start school. I'll take her to report."

"Which department in Peking University?" As close neighbors, the couple had long known that Wei Ming's sister was a genius.

"Department of Mathematics at Peking University." Wei Ming answered with a smile, and as expected, he received praise and affirmation from Xiao Shufang.

"Those who study mathematics are geniuses among geniuses. I can't believe that such a young girl is probably smarter than all of us in the same floor combined."

"Aunt Xiao, if you keep saying that, she'll probably get arrogant." Wei Ming laughed.

Upstairs, Xu Shufen was still urging Xiaohong to hurry up as she still had some things to pack. Yunyun was there too and had taken half a day off to accompany Xiaohong to school.

Since I have no hope of going to college in this lifetime, I'd like to experience what it's like to go to school with my cousin.

Because there was only one motorcycle and two bicycles for the four of them, and Xu Shufen could not ride a bicycle, she rode her son's motorcycle.

The mother and son went ahead, while Xiaohong and Yunyun rode slowly behind. It wasn't far anyway, and they would definitely arrive in more than half an hour.

There were still the most bicycles on the road, so Wei Ming asked his mother, "Mom, how about I buy you a bicycle too?"

Xu Shufen really envied people who rode bicycles. Having a bicycle in the countryside was something to be proud of, but she felt sorry for the money.

"No, I don't know how to ride."

"How can you learn to ride if you don't buy one? It's settled. This way it will be more convenient for you to go to the courtyard to grow vegetables in the future."

The old lady no longer refused, with a smile on her face: "Then buy a second-hand car, so that when your father comes, he can ride it too."

This time, Wei Ming walked out of the West Gate, the same one he entered for the first time last year. In a blink of an eye, it has been one year since his rebirth. It is truly a joyous day.

When we arrived, we said hello to our colleagues at the west gate, stopped the car, and waited for Xiaohong and the others.

While waiting, new students walked in one after another, but not many, basically all of them were local students, accompanied by their parents.

Today is the first day of school, and most of the out-of-town freshmen are still on their way.

Some old students arrived earlier, such as Liu Zhenyun, who returned to school with Guo Jianmei two days ago.

Wei Ming and his mother met the two of them who had returned from outside at the west gate. It was the same two of them at the same time and place last year, except that Wei Ming's father became his mother, and their means of transportation also changed.

Wei Ming rides a motorcycle, while Liu Zhenyun rides a bicycle.

"Great, Old Liu, you finally decided to buy a bicycle." Wei Ming teased Liu Zhenyun.

Liu Zhenyun felt distressed: "Who told you not to sell the car to me? I had to buy someone else's. It cost me 80 yuan."

I just bought this after returning to school, and I was test driving it with my girlfriend.

"I heard that you have published a novel, so you can use this little money, right?" Wei Ming said with a smile.

After holding back for an entire summer, Liu Zhenyun, who had been writing commentary articles, finally published his first novel for which he received royalties. It was a rural-themed novel and was published in their local city newspaper. It had more than 80 words and earned him just yuan in royalties.

"How did you know? Did the People's Daily also report this?"

This guy is still so interesting. Wei Ming: "I saw it on the News Broadcast."

In fact, one day Wei Ming met Liang Zuo on the street when they were out playing together, and heard what he said.

Because both of them were friends of Wei Ming, Liu Zhenyun's relationship with his senior brother Liang Zuo became increasingly close. After the successful publication, he wrote a letter to show off to him and also sent him the newspaper in which the article was published.

Liang Zuo replied to him: I copied your article and said it was written by me. I asked my mother to take a look at it and she told me to practice it more.

After listening to Wei Ming, Liu Zhenyun said unconvincedly: "I still have a copy of the newspaper. Let me see it. I don't think it's that bad. Teacher Chen must have thought it was written by his son, so it's not objective."

Wei Ming: "No hurry, let's wait and see, I'm still waiting for my sister."

Guo Jianmei was pleasantly surprised: "Xiaohong really passed the exam?!"

Wei Ming and my mother both smiled and nodded.

"Which department?"

“Department of Mathematics.”

"You got into the Department of Mathematics, so your score is not low, right?" Liu Zhenyun asked.

Wei Ming: "It's just so-so, just like the top scorer in science in Hebei Province."

"Wow!" Liu Zhenyun was surprised, "Our sister is so amazing!"

As they were talking, Wei Hong and her friends arrived. The top scorer in liberal arts from Henan Province immediately shook hands with the top scorer in science from Hebei Province and welcomed her to join the Peking University family.

Because the school had not officially started yet, Liu Zhenyun was very free, so he and Guo Jianmei accompanied Xiaohong to go through the admission procedures. After all, they were more experienced, which made their team seem particularly large, and Xiaohong entered the school empty-handed.

Looking at the new batch of junior students, Liu Zhenyun was filled with emotion. The students of grades 77, 78 and 79 had basically used up all the students accumulated from the old students over the past ten years, and those who failed the exam had basically given up. Therefore, most of the students this year are freshmen, and there are also students who skipped grades like Xiaohong, so the freshmen look very young as a whole, making them look old.

The group came to the dining hall, where they found a table for the Department of Mathematics to go through admission procedures. There were both young teachers and junior students volunteering to help.

Liu Zhenyun deliberately hid in the Chinese Department. The people who helped him were all his classmates. He was afraid that he would be drafted.

Zhang Yitang, a student from the Mathematics Department of Class 77, returned to school a little early, so he was drafted by the counselor to help register the new students. He was from the Class of 77, and although he was also a junior, wouldn't it be better to leave this small matter to the kid from the Class of 78?

The freshman in front of him was followed by five or six people, and it was obvious that they had a prominent identity and background.

When I looked at the hometown address she filled in, it turned out to be a small village in Hebei. Then I looked at her age.

"Born in 66, you are only 14 years old?" Zhang Yitang was a little surprised.

Wei Hong: “Yes.”

"There was a 15-year-old just now, and we thought that was the youngest freshman. It seems you must be the youngest."

As he was talking, a senior sister next to him looked at the fat black boy in front of him and said in surprise: "Tang Puqi, you are the top scorer in science in Hunan!"

The little black fat boy scratched his head embarrassedly and said dully: "I am indeed the first in the province."

Wei Hong stuck out her tongue. There are so many top scorers.

Wei Ming said: "Since you have chosen the Department of Mathematics, you must be mentally prepared that your classmates are all geniuses who are no less talented than you."

The next step was to assign dormitories. Guo Jianmei said happily, "Building 33, great, we'll be in the same building!"

Wei Ming said bluntly: "If you have any urgent matters in the future, you can look for your sister Meizi. The girls in the law department are very strong, especially in talking."

Wei Hong nodded seriously: "Yes."

Liu Zhenyun also nodded, he was indeed a good talker.

Before going to the dormitory building, they had to go to the library to buy meal tickets, which is Wei Ming's current workplace. After he finishes preparing Xiaohong's enrollment, he will go to work.

The rural student subsidies have not been issued yet. Fortunately, Wei Ming is not short of money, so he directly exchanged the meal tickets for Xiaohong. But she cannot buy more because there is a fixed amount every month.

Guo Jianmei said, "There are four types of meal tickets. Vegetable tickets are used to buy vegetables and non-staple foods. Noodle tickets, rice tickets, and grain tickets are used to buy noodles, rice, and coarse grains, respectively. Since you are in the Department of Mathematics, it seems that you can only eat in the cafeteria of the school."

Sure enough, when she exchanged her meal ticket, she was asked about her department and was directly given a meal ticket for the school's cafeteria.

However, students have been suggesting that meal tickets from several canteens be used interchangeably, and this unfriendly rule is expected to be abolished this year.

After leaving the library, Wei Hong asked, "How much money can I get every month?"

Liu Zhenyun said: "Students from rural areas like us can receive the highest amount of subsidies, 22 yuan, which is definitely enough if you spend it frugally, but you definitely don't have to spend it frugally."

"It's so wonderful to go to college without having to work and get so much money!" Although Xiaohong has also heard this from her elder brother, she still feels happy when she thinks about receiving the subsidy.

"That's not the happiest thing," Liu Zhenyun said. "Sister Zhang from our class used to have a job and had five years of work experience, so the government gave her a salary while she was in college, 30 yuan a month."

"Wow!"

As they were talking, they arrived at the dormitory area, which was closer to the south gate. Wei Ming and his roommates' original dormitory had been occupied by newcomers, leaving only Brother Feng, an old man. His house could not accommodate so many people, so he had to live in the dormitory.

But there will definitely be one for him in the new house, and it has been completed, so he can move in once the child is born.

When passing by his dormitory, Liu Zhenyun introduced it to Xiaohong.

"If you can't find Sister Meizi, it's convenient for you to come here to find me. All the boys in our Chinese department are acquaintances of Wei Ming."

Guo Jianmei smiled and said, "The girls in the Chinese Department of Building 31 are more familiar with your brother. I heard that most of them have invited him to dinner."

Wei Hong and Yunyun covered their mouths and laughed, while Xu Shufen had a worried look on her face. It turned out that what happened to Gong Xing and Zhu Lin was foreshadowed. Our Xiao Ming was good in everything except that he was too outstanding and too attractive.

At this time, a confused boy with glasses bumped into the chattering Liu Zhenyun, and asked shyly: "Senior, where is dormitory building No. 32?"

He spoke with a slight southern accent, was carrying two bags, and from his clothes he looked like a country boy, and Wei Ming recognized him at first sight.

Oh, isn’t this Yu Minhong?

When Liu Zhenyun heard that they were in the same building, he asked hurriedly, "Are you a freshman in the Chinese Department?"

They look a bit old. I thought the freshmen of Class 80 were all young, but it turns out there are also old-school ones.

Although he looks a bit old and has taken the exam three times, Xiao Yu is actually only 18 years old.

"No, no, no, I'm from the Spanish department." Yu Minhong pushed his glasses.

Last year, the Foreign Languages Department was divided into the Spanish Languages Department, the Eastern Languages Department, and the Russian Languages Department.

Eastern languages include Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Thai and other foreign languages of Eastern countries, while Western languages include English, French, German, Spanish and so on.

Seeing that he was not his direct junior brother, Liu Zhenyun pointed casually and said, "Building 32 is in front of you. Go in."

"Thank you, senior brother."

Nowadays, there are not so many taboos in male and female dormitories, not to mention that it was the first day of enrollment. Wei Ming and Liu Zhenyun directly sent Wei Hong to their dormitory on the third floor. This is a six-person room, and Wei Hong was the first to arrive. Her first feeling was disappointment. This was much smaller than her brother's house, and the toilet was far away.

However, Liu Zhenyun congratulated her: "It's better than our eight-person room. And Xiaohong, you can be the first to choose a bed. Listen to your brother's advice and don't choose the one next to the door."

Guo Jianmei had been to their dormitory and knew that Liu Zhenyun was the one sitting near the door. It was his job to turn on and off the lights. When someone went to the toilet at night, he would be the first one to be disturbed.

Wei Ming: "It is indeed better to be by the window. It depends on whether you prefer the lower or upper berth."

The lower bunk is convenient for sleeping, while the upper bunk offers better privacy.

Wei Hong tried it on. She was light and lithe, and she moved between the upper and lower bunks like a smart monkey. "Then I'll choose the upper bunk."

Then everyone helped her to make the mattress. I could do such a small job by myself, so the others just watched.

Just as I was watching, another new classmate arrived. A beautiful girl in a white dress walked in accompanied by her parents. From the temperament of her parents, it was obvious that they had stable jobs, and their jobs were not bad.

"Oh, two classmates have already arrived, and we are the third one." The girl's father said with a smile.

He treated Yunyun as a new student, and Yunyun waved her hand: "We are here to see my sister off."

In addition, Yunyun also noticed that the girl was wearing clothes produced by their Xintiandi, but she had never seen them before, so she must have bought them when she took leave.

The girl's mother looked at the crowded group of people and asked, "Are you all family members?"

Liu Zhenyun stood next to Guo Jianmei: "They are family members, we are friends and senior brothers and sisters."

Wei Hong took the initiative to introduce herself on the upper bunk: "My name is Wei Hong, what's your name, classmate?"

"Ning Xin." The girl's attitude was colder than her parents. Wei Ming just thought it was the natural cold aura of a top student.

The girl's father asked her: "Xinxin, which shop do you want to choose?"

Then Ning Xin pointed to Wei Hong's seat. That was her dream seat where she could enjoy the breeze, look at the sky, and not be disturbed. She hoped that Wei Hong would take the initiative to give it to her.

Wei Hong laughed proudly: "Luckily I came early, otherwise you would have taken it."

Seeing that Wei Hong didn't understand what she meant, Ning Xin looked at her parents. Her mother said, "Then let's choose the upper bunk, facing head to head with classmate Wei."

She knew her daughter was a bit of a germaphobe and didn't like others touching her bed, so the lower bunk was definitely not an option for her.

Ning Xin reluctantly chose the middle upper bunk. She didn't want to be head-to-head with others, but if she pointed her foot at Wei Hong's head, then the third student on the upper bunk might point his foot at her head. The risk was too great, so she had to choose the lesser of two evils.

Wei Ming also learned from the conversation with the girl's parents that they were from Yanjing. The girl was 16 years old, an only child, and a little spoiled.

"Where are you from?" Ning Xin's father asked. He also wanted to have an idea about his daughter's roommate.

Wei Ming: "My family is from a rural area in Hengzhou, Hebei Province. I am currently working at Peking University."

"Are you a teacher at Peking University?" Both of them were a little bit unbelieving, even Ning Xin looked over.

Although Wei Ming is only 19 years old, he has a calm and sophisticated temperament. Compared with Liu Zhenyun next to him, apart from this handsome and tender face, it can be clearly felt that Liu Zhenyun is still a student, but Wei Ming is already a member of society.

At this time, a supporting actor is needed, and Liu Zhenyun comes on stage: "It's not wrong to call him Teacher Wei. He works in the library of our school."

I'm standing guard at the gate and you don't call me Teacher Wei. I'm not arguing with you. But now I'm in the library and you still don't call me Teacher Wei. This is unacceptable.

"Wei?" Ning Xin's father seemed to have thought of something. "Are you the famous writer Wei Ming, Mr. Wei?"

Liu Zhenyun smiled: It saves me a lot of effort.

Seeing the other party extending his hand to him for the second time, Wei Ming shook it: "I'm not famous, but I'm Wei Ming."

Ning Xin's father and mother reacted enthusiastically, with a fanboy mentality. They not only read Wei Ming's novels and read Wei Ming's poems, but also listened to the songs written by Wei Ming.

However, Ning Xin on the upper bunk still had a calm expression and was unmoved, as if she had heard of "Wei Ming" for the first time. This made Wei Hong a little depressed. You, as a classmate, do not provide emotional value.

Next, another classmate came in, accompanied by her father. The girl’s name was Qiao Cui, she was 17 years old, and also from Yanjing.

Ning Xin's father also enthusiastically introduced Wei Ming to Qiao Cui's father. He was very happy that his daughter had a roommate like a great writer.

This time it turned out that the father was confused and his daughter was jumping up and down.

"Wei Ming! You are actually Wei Ming! My classmate's brother is actually Wei Ming! Is he your real brother?"

Wei Hong was happy. She stood next to Wei Ming and asked Qiao Cui to look at him: "Look, they look so similar."

Qiao Cui nodded, then took out a book called "Ferocious Animals" from her bag and handed it to Wei Ming with both hands for his signature.

Ning Xin's father hurriedly took off the pen on his clothes and said, "Use mine. We also have this book at home. Let Xin Xin bring it over and ask Teacher Wei to sign it."

Ning Xin turned a deaf ear to it and continued staring at the dream shop in her dream.

"Didn't you bring the seal? The one with 'Gouzi Wei Ming'?" Qiao Cui asked again. She actually knew this.

Wei Ming smiled and said, "I didn't bring it. I'll make it up next time."

"Okay, okay, Teacher Wei, you must come to our dormitory often to give us guidance. Although we are in the Department of Mathematics, our Chinese grades are not bad, and we all yearn for the nourishment of literature." Student Qiao Cui grinned.

Three students came and the dormitory became a little crowded, so Guo Jianmei took Liu Zhenyun and prepared to say goodbye.

Wei Ming hurriedly said, "Lao Liu, go and grab a seat at the old place first, we'll be there soon. We haven't seen each other for such a long time, let's have lunch together at noon."

Liu Zhenyun's eyes lit up and he spent 80 yuan to buy a luxury car. He had already prepared to live frugally during the semester, but he didn't expect to have a big meal as soon as he returned to school.

After the couple left, the dormitory became much more spacious. Qiao Cui's taciturn father should be a worker. He had to go to work in the afternoon, so he had to leave too.

Qiao Cui just occupied Wei Hong's lower bunk and went downstairs to see her father off without even having time to pack up.

Ning Xin was still short of some daily necessities, so she followed her parents downstairs to buy things.

Wei Hong: "Then let's go too, lock the door."

Wei Ming looked at the time and it was almost time to get off work, so he asked Xiaohong and the others to order food first. He ran to the office and called Uncle Ping'an and Brother Feng.

Today is the day when new students are enrolled and old students are returning to school, so there must be a lot of people. It was a good idea to let Liu Zhenyun reserve a seat in advance. When Wei Ming and his friends went in, there were no empty tables and there were still many people queuing outside.

Relying on Wei Ming's influence in the Changzheng canteen, Liu Zhenyun managed to keep the table and prevent others from sharing it. The food was already being served, but none of them started eating.

Wei Ming ordered a bottle of ice-cold Arctic Ocean for each person and started eating.

Uncle Ping An was the first to raise the bottle and apologize: "I'm really sorry, sister-in-law, I had a meeting this morning and couldn't accompany Xiao Hong to enroll in school."

Xu Shufen waved her hand and said, "It's going well for one person to enroll, with Xiao Ming and Xiao Liu helping us."

Wei Pingan sighed: "I am really happy to see Xiaohong get into Peking University with such good grades. It's a pity that Jiefang didn't get to see this scene."

Wei Ming: "Uncle, from what you said, it seems like my dad is gone."

Wei Pingan responded: "That's not what I meant, but he must be very disappointed to miss this day. This day is the glory of the students and the parents."

He thought about the time when he was enrolled in school. Due to difficult financial conditions, his mother couldn't come, and only his brother Jiefang was with him. Jiefang also had no money, so he sneaked in by evading the ticket.

Afterwards, Wei Ping'an explained to Wei Ming what kind of meeting had been held today.

"Yesterday, Professor Wang Xuan's research group successfully typeset a sample book of "Sword of Wu Hao" using a laser typesetting system. The school is planning to set up a company dedicated to promoting this system, and it will be affiliated with our Production Management Office." Today's meeting was to discuss this.

Wei Ming's heart moved, and he knew that Founder Group would be born ahead of schedule. This was also due to the effect of his "brainwashing" of Uncle Ping An.

This was a happy event, and Wei Ming also met him.

After dinner, Xu Shufen and Xu Yunyun are about to leave, Wei Ming is about to go to work, and Xiaohong is about to start her new dormitory life at Peking University. She feels a little excited just thinking about it.

However, when she returned to the dormitory, she saw Ning Xin lying on the table crying, and Qiao Cui was coaxing her.

"What's wrong, do you miss mom and dad?"

Qiao Cui explained: "Her parents had just left, and she came back alone and found the door was locked, and then she started crying."

Wei Hong: "Ah? You don't have the key?"

Ning Xin whimpered, "I, I left it in the dormitory. I, I waited for half an hour but no one showed up."

Qiao Cui: "Luckily I brought the key."

Wei Hong hurriedly apologized to Ning Xin, who immediately looked up from her face buried in the mud: "Then switch beds with me and I'll forgive you."

Wei Hong smiled and said, "No need to change."

She apologized only out of sympathy and did not feel that she was responsible for Ning Xin's crying. Why should she be changed?

Ning Xin cried even harder this time. Wei Hong pulled Qiao Cui and said, "Cuicui, you are not familiar with Peking University yet, let's go for a walk."

Qiao Cui looked at Ning Xin, who was howling without tears, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded: "Okay."

Seeing that the two of them didn't care about her at all, Ning Xin cried until she became silent. When the two of them walked out, Ning Xin thought about it and followed them.

Wei Hong began to introduce places to them. She was already very familiar with Yanyuan. After all, she had been there several times. Even the person in charge of the convenience store knew her.

"Oh, Wei Ming's sister, right?"

"Yes, three mung bean popsicles, thank you, Auntie." Wei Hong was still generous and even Ning Xin, the crybaby, got some.

As they walked, they arrived at Yannan Garden. Both girls were a little scared because Wei Hong said that this was where the principal and big professors lived, and they thought it would be a bit presumptuous for them to go in.

"I miss Mei'er from Feng's family. Let's go see her."

"Who is Mr. Feng?"

"Oh, it's the philosopher Feng Youlan. My brother has fallen in love with his daughter Mei'er's child~"

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(Yesterday's guaranteed minimum)
(End of this chapter)